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Latin
Etymology
From dēsuētus + -tūdō, perfect passive participle of dēsuēscō, from dē + suēscō.
Pronunciation
Noun
dēsuētūdō f (genitive dēsuētūdinis); third declension
- discontinuance of a practice or a habit, (law) desuetude
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Descendants
References
- “desuetudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “desuetudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- desuetudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.